<p class="poetry">He will be beaten and despised,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and his reproach will not be wiped away;<n id="2" />p>

<n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Yet God<n id="2" /> finds occasions<n id="3" /> with me;p> <p class="poetry">he regards me as his enemy!p>

<p class="poetry">The one who deals wisely<n id="1" /> in a matter<n id="2" /> will find success,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and blessed<n id="4" /> is the one who trusts in the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">The one who pursues righteousness and love<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">finds life, bounty,<n id="2" /> and honor.p>

<p class="poetry">The one who reproves<n id="1" /> another<n id="2" /> will in the end<n id="3" /> find more favorp> <p class="poetry">than the one who flatters<n id="4" /> with the tongue.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Who can find<n id="2" /> a wife<n id="3" /> of noble character?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">For her value<n id="5" /> is far more than rubies.p>

He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again.

If one of us has it,<n id="1" /> he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord&#8217;s slaves!&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;If a thief is caught<n id="1" /> breaking in<n id="2" /> and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him.<n id="3" />

There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire,<n id="1" /> anyone who practices divination,<n id="2" /> an omen reader,<n id="3" /> a soothsayer,<n id="4" /> a sorcerer,<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes<n id="1" /> her and they are discovered.

<p class="poetry">The one who has a perverse heart<n id="1" /> does not find good,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and the one who is deceitful in speech<n id="3" /> falls into trouble.p>

<p class="poetry">Many people profess their loyalty,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a faithful person<n id="2" /> &#8211; who can find?<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">He replied, &#8220;You have suggested your own punishment!<n id="1" /> The one who has it will become my slave,<n id="2" /> but the rest of<n id="3" /> you will go free.&#8221;<n id="4" />

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn&#8217;t bear to see<n id="1" /> my father&#8217;s pain.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

For seven days<n id="1" /> yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast &#8211; that person<n id="2" /> will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner<n id="3" /> or one born in the land.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;If a man gives his neighbor money or articles<n id="1" /> for safekeeping,<n id="2" /> and it is stolen from the man&#8217;s house, if the thief is caught,<n id="3" /> he must repay double.

If the thief is not caught,<n id="1" /> then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges<n id="2" /> to see<n id="3" /> whether he has laid<n id="4" /> his hand on his neighbor&#8217;s goods.

<t /><p class="bodytext">If a homicide victim<n id="1" /> should be found lying in a field in the land the <sc>Lordsc> your God is giving you,<n id="2" /> and no one knows who killed<n id="3" /> him,

But if the man came across<n id="1" /> the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped<n id="2" /> her, then only the rapist<n id="3" /> must die.